Cost-effectiveness analyses of sacubitril-valsartan for heart failure

The objective of this study was to evaluate the pharmacoeconomic value of sacubitril-valsartan for the treatment of heart failure (HF). PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, ScienceDirect, Scopus, CNKI, Wanfang, and VIP databases were searched systematically and the retrieval time ended in August 2019. According to the criteria of inclusion and exclusion, the quality of studies included was evaluated as per the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) scale, and the results were extracted and analyzed systematically. The total of 11 cost-effectiveness studies was identified, 10 were performed in the developed countries and 1 in Thailand. All the patients in the studies had chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Totally, the quality of all the 11 studies was reported to be of an average score of 20.5. Study perspective and time horizons were described in the 11 studies. All included studies discounted the cost or effectiveness. Only 1 study estimated direct and indirect costs; 10 studies evaluated direct cost. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of sacubitril-valsartan treating HFrEF was $13,150 per quality-adjusted life-years (QALY) in Thailand and $86,735 in Singapore. In European countries, the ICER was from $21,786 to $34,576 per QALY and mean value was $25,410.6 per QALY. In the USA, ICER values ranged from $47,099 to $143,891 per QALY, and mean value was $73,383.5 per QALY; ICER was $30,090 per QALY in Colombia. ...
Source: Heart Failure Reviews - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research